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Full-Text Articles in Military History
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 57. Letter written by A.W. Randolph, while serving with the 6th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his parents in Kentucky describing the Battle of Chickamauga and mentioning General Breckinridge, General Ben Hardin Helm, Lieutenant Colonel Hewitt, and the heroism of Chaplain Pickett of the 2nd Kentucky. He also mentions seeing family friends in Mississippi.
Kentucky - Cavalry - 14th Regiment (C.S.A.) (Sc 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky - Cavalry - 14th Regiment (C.S.A.) (Sc 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 56. Roll of Quirk’s Scouts consisting of Company B, 14th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) which was under the leadership of Colonel. R.C. Morgan and General John Hunt Morgan. Compiled from memory by Lieutenant K.F. Peddicord.
Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 58. Draft notice for one year issued in Owensboro, Kentucky, for Thomas A. Frazier, Hopkins County, Kentucky and signed by Captain J.R. Grissom, Provost Marshal for the 2nd District of Kentucky; also envelope bearing a Confederate flag.
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 55. Letter, 12 July 1863, of Robert A. Hope, written at Camp Beaver, Kentucky, to relatives and friends in Kentucky after his capture at Gladesville, Virginia by Union forces. He details his capture, remarks on his courteous treatment by officers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, and asks that some changes of clothes be sent to him.
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.
Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 602. Civil War letters, 1861-1865 (5 items), pertaining to activities in Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas Territory; letters of the Stahl family of Warren County, Kentucky, 1861-1863 (2); Warren County tax receipts, 1865-1898 (10); deeds and legal papers pertaining to the Stahl family place, 1863-1954 (17); and letters concerning the collection, 1973 (2).
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 607. Photocopies of Civil War papers of James Willis Wood of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which include his enlistment papers, letters, 1864 (9 items), written while in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and his discharge papers, 1864.
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 424. Five World War II diaries written by William Burl Murphy of Monroe County, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. The diaries contain details of military life surrounding the war in Europe, particularly Italy.
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 403. Letters written by various male friends, many in military service during World War II, to Elizabeth Charlotte Cook while she was in school at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some of the letters are of a courtship nature.
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2624. Paper by Jennie Miller Orr titled "Captain Ed Porter Thompson." Also include a 1987 letter from Frances J. Fletcher, Orr's niece, explaining the paper.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2614. Two letters from Philip Owens, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, to his sisters, written during Owens’ Army service in World War II. He comments on a rigorous march, warns about mail censorship, and asks them to keep his mother from worrying. Includes typescripts of the letters and of local newspaper articles published after Owens was killed in action in Germany.
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2621. Civil War diary kept by L. J. Sanders of the 30th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Diary includes details about the war, casualties, and the weather. Of particular interest are comments about the Battle of Vicksburg.
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of 19th Century materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 715. Copies of letters written by John and Jane Atkinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends and relatives in England, 1866-1879 (4 items), which contain family news, information about Bowling Green during the Civil War, description of their return trip from England, 1873, correspondence concerning these letters, 1960-1961 (12), and a photograph.
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 422. Correspondence of Colonel Joe David Moss of Warren County, Kentucky, written mostly during his World War II military service in Europe. Includes material related to Moss’s career as a U.S. Army officer.
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2589. Typescript copy (prepared in 1911) of Marcus Bearden DeWitt’s pocket memorandum book from March-June 1863 and May 1865. A chaplain with the 8th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A), DeWitt chronicles conditions during the Civil War, including camp life, travel, family visits, and religion. Also includes “A Sketch of My Life," a short autobiography written by DeWitt, and a memorial written by one of his children.
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2581. Original typescript of a biographical sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Hart County, Kentucky, by Ed Porter Thompson. The paper details Buckner's early life and military career.
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2576. Civil War correspondence between Dr. John Bates, Confederate Army doctor, and his wife, Lizzie Dominique Bates. The letters chiefly include news from home, stories from the regiment, and the behavior of their children.
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2597. Bound typescript diary of Captain Samuel K. Cox, Confederate Army, 17th Kentucky Infantry. The diary includes details about travel, camp life, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 711. Photocopies of Union Army discharge, 1865, and Civil War disability pension claim, 1891, of Golden H. Hamby, Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2500. Letter, 26 February [1862], from Vincent T. Trago, a Union soldier serving with an Ohio regiment, to Milton W. Griffith. Camped on the Barren River outside Bowling Green, Kentucky following its evacuation by the Confederates, Trago describes marching toward the town, being greeted by local women, Confederate positions in the region, and disciplinary action against the troops for misconduct.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 412. Criminal and Equity Court, and Circuit Court records of Warren County, Kentucky relating to the prosecution of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers for conspiracy, treason, theft and property destruction in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War.
Payne, William R., 1781-1847 (Sc 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, William R., 1781-1847 (Sc 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 486. Notes pertaining to Revolutionary War service of various members of the Payne family and settlements made by the government for their service.